SOLUTION: what is the furthest distANCE FROM THE GOAL POST THAT A FOOTBALL CAN BE PLACED ON THE GROUND, IF THE LONGEST THAT A KICKED THE BALL THIS SEASON IS 55 FEET AND THE GOAL POST OVER WH
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Question 933244: what is the furthest distANCE FROM THE GOAL POST THAT A FOOTBALL CAN BE PLACED ON THE GROUND, IF THE LONGEST THAT A KICKED THE BALL THIS SEASON IS 55 FEET AND THE GOAL POST OVER WHICH HE MUST KICK THE BALL IS 10 FEET ABOVE THE GROUND?
a2+b2=c2
10(2)*55(2)= c2
100+3025=c2
3125=55.90
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By Pythagoras theorem
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